Carib Premium Caribbean lager

http://www.caribbrewery.com/

Brewed by Carib Brewery Limited
Style: Pale Lager
Champs-Fleurs, Trinidad & Tobago

Carib Beer is just one of a line of beers brewed by the Carib Brewing Company, Ltd. based in Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago. Launched on May the 16th, 1950, it is a popular brew in the country to be found pretty much everywhere on the two islands.

Trinidad’s economy used to rely solely on sugar and oil production with little much else. In 1947, the Caribbean Development Company Limited (CDC) was formed by British native, Sir Gerald Wight, then Chairman of Alstons Company Limited (now McEnearney Alstons Limited), who founded the brewery in the hope of trying to boost the economy of Trinidad with something different. In 1950 the CDC launched its award winning Carib Lager beer.

Since then, Carib Brewery has grown substantially and today is the market leader in Trinidad, with sister breweries in neighbouring Grenada and St. Kitts and Nevis . Their products are also internationally popular and exported to over 30 countries worldwide. The success of the brand has made the brewery churn out other beverages too, as it also produces Stag Lager beers, Mackeson Milk Stout and a range of Shandy products (Ginger Shandy, Lime Shandy and Sorrel Shandy).

Review: 330 ml bottle of Carib Premium Caribbean lager: ABV: 5.0% vol

Mine was a 5% abv but I see some places you can get 5.2%

Coming in a clear bottle that looks very similar to Corona. The Carib beer that is quintessentially ‘Caribbean’ or so they say as on their website they state that the Carib Beer logo is “known around the world as a symbol of the Caribbean’s blue waters and year-round sunshine”. Steady on boys its just a gammy logo!

On pour I get a nice, lovely fluffy white head and a golden yellow beer. Some small carbonation going on.

A very clear beer with a small white head and some good retention. looks ok.

On nose I get a good lagery malty smell, very beery with a lot of citrus.

On the taste I got some creamy mouthfuls, a very lagery taste, and a strong malted barley taste as well.
Not much in the main body, very light tasting, also not much overall taste or flavour. Flat taste, shit beer really. Bland.
As a lager its ok, much better cold, but overall a very boring generic lager.
Wouldn’t go out of my way to buy it. Not a whole lot to say about it. Little flavours or tastes.
The second bottle, which was much colder, was a bit better and more drinkable but overall a largely forgettable brew………….They say it might be more enjoyed sipping it ice cold on a beach in the Caribbean. that might be so, but I think I’d prefer a better lager to lounge in the sun with, to be honest. Forgettable beer.